Joint for use in corrugated metal construction



.P. N. NISSEN. I JOINT FOR USE IN CORRUGATED METAL .CONSTRUC TION. APPLICATION FILED use. 6, I917.

1 351 435 r Paten tedAl1g.31, 1920.

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20 v v, have shown and described my nvent on. as applied to a portable building of the bow '-,rf g *1 Y Y ur l we Vi w 3 perspectlve of the earls rrirmvnoRMA-iv miss-EN, or Lennon; ENGLAND:

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' Amnes a i 'n l r .9 7.; ram e-12 1 f To all whom it may concern .1 k g Be knownjthat IQPiiTiiR NoniiijAN Nie SEN, S. 0., a subjectoftheKing of Great Britain and Irelandfresiding at l Finsbury vCircus, London, England, and now: lieuten 1 ant colonel commanding-Royal Engineer Q. troops ofthe EXpeditionaryForce in V 'mit of the ready assembling of sheets of 0.012

i hold the assembled sliejetsfsecurely inposih France, have invented certainnewfand useful lmprovementsiin Joints-for Use in Corrugated-Metal' Construction, of following is'a specification I. I V

This invention 7 relates to oints "for, use: in corrugated metal construction Z The obj Lot of my invention is, to prov de such a weather-proof joint. which shall per rugated. metal andlike matsrialfand shall tion rFor theipurpose of illustration merely, I

or semi-circulartype, the lining sheets of the The frame of the building comprises a series or" bow or semi-circular ribs a of T- building illustratedibeing j oined: by my imaproved meansb'uilding in various stages of construction,

' v Fig; 2 isa broken :yiewin' cross .section on a larger scaleshow1ng how the ribs arefixed to the sills, how the lining sheets are fixed to the ribs and how the outer covering is fixed to the purlins. f

Figs. 3 and 4c are viewson an scaleshowing"the means of joining the lining sheets, and l r 1' Figs. 5 and 6 are broken views in side elevation and cross section .respectivelyflon a larger scale-showing the construction of the lantern light and ventilator. Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.

iron each of which consists of three similar sectors which carry angle iron brackets a V at their ends which provide means for fixing the sectors together. and the end sectors to the sills b on which the ribs rest.-" The ribs are' bent so'that their webs are exterior to thecurve; Thesills are each made up of a 1 series of similar lengths which coincide with the pitch of the ribs so that the same bolts 7 Specifi ationof Letters Patent; fPatgnfief win h he "enlarged in the webs of the r]; i, was; I

which hold' the ribs to the sills by means a I l theangle iron brackets a? also'serve to hold the lengths formingthesill together.

. The" building is lined .with sheets of core 'rugate d iron c which are allrout of a length to ffit between the yertical-I members of able wi dth so longas theyfare all; alike.

two ribs a. The; sheets may belofany suit- Tlie edges of theiadjacent sheets a areflfitted together by x'rhea'ns of junction pieces; d "I? 7 which, embody the formi of the improved" I oint claimed herein. These joints each:

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consist ofrtwo strips of: corrugated-iron sheeting of' thensame pitches the lining sheets which are: fitted together along their longitudinal center lines with interposed, i ashers e. or other suitabledls'tance pieces joined by merely sliding Itheir edge: cor

rugationslongitudinally into the grooves formed by the junction pieces or strips d, thus making the assembling, and disassembling of portable structures very simple and rapid. The lining sheetsare kept in posisame on each side,

In the erectionof the sheets are-placed in position immediately after the ribs have been fixed to the sills First the bottom sheetin each bay is placed in position-between the webs otthe ribs and 7 '1s secured 1n posltlon byjmsertlng a spike building the lining in'the lower holes-inlthe webs "of the ribsprovided for the purpose; To jo n the next V: sheet the top edge of'each lower: sheet is p sprung back and the secondsheetis slipped on to the junction piece :Erom theflend.

These"s'heets are then heldin position at their lower edge by further spikes. After three sheets have been placed in position i the 'lower purlins are fixed tojthe ribs by" & tion relative to the ribs at by means'of wire na lsfw or other suitable'spikes through holes T1138. and overhanging V a center panel p below which is fitted the door Z, said panels being constructed of vertical boardlng with battens cover ng the joints or of matched boarding. I The lantern light and ventilator is constructed as follows :-At a suitable distance apart two vertica'hmenibers m and Marc bolted to each rot-the ribs a, said members. being braced to the ribs by means of I stays m arranged in pairsj The vertical r members m each COIlSlSt'Qf two lengths of angle iron which at one end are adaptedto straddle the Web of the rib andto be fixed thereto by abolt and 'at-the other end are loosely "riveted together with the stay m and a washer between them. The object of this construction is to provide openings for the passage of the bolts by which the frames of the windows are fixed and to enable each vertical member m and its stay m to be folded so as'to tate packing.

The frames'of the lanternwindows which are provided with sills are slippedbetween the angles of the vertical members m and are held in place by meansof battens n whichare of such a width as to e'ngagethe ends of the adj acentframes and bolts'g passing through said battens and said members m. 011 the top of the members m'on each lie closely together to facilir sheets to be "joined, distance pieces, and

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side are fixed purlins g which support a cover orroof r of corrugated iron sheets. Under this cover or roof is an' inner lining s also madeof-corrugated iron sheets which rests on the top of the window frames '0 between the battens and is held in position .by wooden strips t nailed to said battens. Vlhe ends of the lantern light are closed by panels 2h Thewindows both of the lantern light and in the ends of the building are glazed with oiled iabric or glass the, former 7 being hinged at the bottom to open inward suitable stops to being mounted-on the, stays m to limit the amount said windowscan open. The spaces'between the outersheets /L and the inner sheets; 0 within the lantern light are coveredby panels 0 ,What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is *1. A device for joining "sheets of corru- V gated material, comprising: a pair-of strips of material, each of said strips beingcorruj gated similarly to the corrugations of the gated material; comprising a pair of strips of material, each of said strips being corru gated similarly" to the corrugations of the I means for securing said strips together with the distance pieces interposedtherebetween,

whereby a relative longitudinal movement between said pair of strips and said sheets I effects the juncture of said sheets.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my PETERNoRM NNi-s sEN; 

